A Delhi court today awarded life sentence to Shahzad Ahmed, who was convicted last week in the controversial 2008 Batla house encounter case. Additionally, the court has asked the alleged Indian Mujahideen operative to pay a fine of Rs. 90,000.
Shahzad was held guilty of murdering police inspector M C Sharma and assaulting other police officers.
The encounter had taken place at flat, number L-18, Batla House at Jamia Nagar locality here on September 19, 2008, six days after serial bomb blasts that rocked Delhi, killing 26 people and injuring 133.
Acting on a tip-off on some terrorists involved in the blasts, the police team led by Inspector Sharma went to Batla House on September 19. Sharma was killed during the encounter .
